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Exercises

61.1 How do you say these numbers in English? Write the answers in words, then practise saying

them.

1 462 four hundred and sixty-two
2 2½
3 2,345
4 0.25
5 1,250,000
6 10.04
7 47%
8 10 September
9 940338 (phone number)
10 -5 Celsius
11 in 1996
12 2012

61.2 Correct the mistakes.

1 Two thousand and five hundred. Two thousand, five hundred
2 After the game, I heard that the crowd was over twenty thousands.

3 We arrived on the seven June.
4 There were two hundred twenty altogether.
5 My birthday is the thirty-one August.
6 My phone number is seven twenty-three, six nought nine.

61.3 Complete the sentences.

1 Eight multiplied by seven is fifty-six.
2 The were in favour of the new airport; about 80%, I think.
3 A small did not support the idea, but it was only 5%.
4 I’m not very good at arithmetic. I always have to use a .
5 When I tried to add all the numbers, I couldn’t it out.
6 I can do simple calculations, but I get if the numbers are very big.

61.4 Can you work out the answers? If you find it difficult, use paper or a calculator.

1 23 and 36 is fifty-nine .
2 24 times 3 is .
3 80 minus 20 is .

4 65 divided by 13 is .
5 Add 10 and 6, multiply by 3, then subtract 15 and divide by 11. What number is left?

6 Divide 33 by 11, multiply by 7, add 10, and subtract 16. What number is left?

61.5 Over to you

Answer the questions. Write your answers in words.
1 When were you born?

2 How tall are you?

3 What’s the number of the flat or house where you live?

4 When’s your birthday?

5 What’s the approximate population of your town?
6 What’s your body temperature?

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